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Kitniyot – A Pre-Yom Hashoah Reflection
Why am I writing about my custom of not eating kitniyot (legumes) on Pesah on the eve of Yom Hashoah? Well, besides the close proximity of the two dates (it was less than a week ago that I was defending … Continue reading
Posted in Cycleof the Jewish Year, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Calendar, Jewish ritual, Judaism, Luck, Orthodox, Passover, Religious freedom, Religious Judaism, Shoah, Trochenbrod, Uncategorized, Yom Hashoah
Tagged Cycle of the Jewish year, Haredim, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Law, Jewish Studies, Learning, Passover, Rabbi, Religion, Religion and mythology, Relisgious Jews, Shoah, Talmud, tradition, Trochenbrod
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…but it’s a derekh.
Several months ago, I joined an online discussion group for Rabbis. It’s a wonderful forum that brings together rabbis from all streams and different parts of the world. It’s for this reason that I enjoy the group so much. We … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jewish ritual, Judaism, Religious freedom, Religious Judaism
Tagged Belief, Conservative, Got Talmud, Inclusion, Jewish, Jewish identity, Messianic Jews, Orthodox, Rabbi, Rabbis, Reconstructionist, Reform, Talmud, Torah, Trans-denominational
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ABSOLUT TALMUD
Talmud is the original “open-source” platform. Talmud is not Gemara. Gemara denotes finality, a closed book. Talmud is not closed, and it’s certainly not a book. Talmud is a verb, not a noun. We are Talmud, a living, open conversation, … Continue reading
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